Qwerty283

I have 3 kids, there is a bit of a learning curve, but it is worth it. My 1 daughter never admits to being sick and I use this to judge if I should take her to the dr. (Her ear drum has ruptured twice and she never complained about it hurting.) Personally I think it is better for kids over 12 months, but perhaps your baby will hold still better than mine.

MichXelle

Post the advertisement if you just bought it. You have another non believer here, sorry bout that.

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kuma99

badhabit12

dancer8504 wrote:I bought mine in store. I was just trying to save someone a couple dollars since that's why we all come to woot. I guess I'll keep it to myself next time.

Its the few who ruin it for the rest of us. But Its a suggested guideline that I agree makes good sense. Otherwise you would have the HATERS who would spam this sight blind with false statements on products. Sorry if it seemed to step on your fingers when you only had good intentions.

clintone

I don't want to be a buzzkill about this, but an otoscope is a diagnostic tool which requires some degree of training and knowledge. What you can observe is far more varied and subjective than something like a thermometer. What a layperson might see and interpret may be far different from what a trained medical person might. Furthermore, unless you know what you're doing, you can run the risk of damage-potentially forcing wax further into the canal, injuring the eardrum, etc. No, it's certainly not rocket science, but it's also not simply being able to look in the ear and make a determination as to whether there's a medical issue or not. If a kid's complaining of ear pain, I'd be inclined to take them to the doctor regardless of whether I had an otoscope or not.

aldebaraan

This has been an invaluable tool in our house. Some of my kids don't have pain with ear infections, but lose hearing, etc. Using this, I have been able to fairly accurately diagnose ear infections so I can take them to the doctor more quickly.

jacylrin

I don't have a link (since they don't have it on their website) and I don't have a photo (since I'm at work), but I've also gotten them from Walmart for $17 or so. Yes, you have to make a judgement call when you're looking in there and be careful, but I've found it useful at least for the "nope, not pink and nothing murky behind the eardrum, it's just a cold" when my kid spikes a fever, saving myself a copay when it's just a virus. Also good for the "holy crap, that's not the color your eardrum should be/your eardrum is about to rupture, let's not wait this out." Since my kid is prone to ear infections but doesn't usually say anything about her ear hurting, it's useful. And yes, the one I got at Walmart is LED.

If you use this device get to know what normal looks like. The ear canal points forward a little so when you look in, lift up the ear a little and direct the view forward. Keep in mind, you only have one eye so depth perception is gone. Done right otoscopy is not painful but does tickle.

ctviggen

clintone wrote:I don't want to be a buzzkill about this, but an otoscope is a diagnostic tool which requires some degree of training and knowledge. What you can observe is far more varied and subjective than something like a thermometer. What a layperson might see and interpret may be far different from what a trained medical person might. Furthermore, unless you know what you're doing, you can run the risk of damage-potentially forcing wax further into the canal, injuring the eardrum, etc. No, it's certainly not rocket science, but it's also not simply being able to look in the ear and make a determination as to whether there's a medical issue or not. If a kid's complaining of ear pain, I'd be inclined to take them to the doctor regardless of whether I had an otoscope or not.

Mu daughter never complains of ear pain and has few to no symptoms. For instance, we took her for her 2 year checkup and the doctor told us she had an ear infection. We were incredulous. For this reason alone, I'm considering buying this.

Furthermore, the antibiotics they prescribe for her cause her to lose sleep and become incredibly aggressive -- after a few days on antibiotics, she can't sleep and kicks and screams, something she doesn't do as soon as you stop giving her antibiotics. I'd be interested to use this device to see if a homeopathic medicine would work.

dallaspeach

mac0112358 wrote:I think this is the one:
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Slimline-Stainless-Otoscope-Spectrum/dp/B000J1FT4W/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1365512231&sr=1-1&keywords=dr+mom+otoscope+led

chipgreen

It's sad to see people bickering over a few dollars difference in price. I used to laugh at people who said they found something cheaper somewhere else because I knew full well that everything sold on woot was a good 50% less expensive than anywhere else. Now it's just a clearance store for Amazon where instead of one deal a day there are literally dozens and instead of saving 50% or more you're saving.... a couple bucks. Maybe.

codyormoe

Does anyone how this would work on someone with odd shaped ear canals? One of my kids has a major problem with ear wax build up because of his very odd shaped canals, it's seriously disgusting. It would be nice to be able to see when it's time to break out the Debrox and get to it before it gets to the making me want to puke stage.

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